WORLD PREMIERE of String Quartet No. 1, III. “Finale” by the Diotima Quartet

UCLA Music Department and the Division of Composition

present

Quatuor Diotima
The Diotima Quartet
Yun-Peng Zhao, Léo Marillier, violins
Franck Chevalier, viola
Alexis Descharmes, violoncello

in a

Concert of Works by UCLA Composition Students

Sunday, 20 October, 2024, 2:00 pm
Ostin Ensemble Room

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Austin Ali (b. 1997)

String Quartet No. 1: Chiaroscuro (2022)

III. “Finale”

Chiaroscuro refers to the Renaissance drawing and painting technique of shading to produce a dramatic juxtaposition of light and shadow. Musically,  Chiaroscuro exploits this image of brightness and darkness in three contrasting movements. The first illustrates a dark dance, the second illuminates with iridescent light, and the third synthesizes the first two movements into a climactic bright dance.